Saturday 16 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 14:50 on Sat 16 Nov to 17:27 on Sun 17 Nov.

   1963-11-16T06:50:16Z → 1963-11-17T09:27:22Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:07–18:03 on the 16th, 16:05–18:03 on the 17th.

   pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 117 of 117 minutes on the 16th and 82 of 117 on the 17th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2123 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1963: Saturday 16 November.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1963 falls on Saturday 16 November. Pratipadā runs from 14:50 on Sat 16 Nov to 17:27 on Sun 17 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 82 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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